Passive Aggressive Personality Disorder
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Passive aggressive personality disorder was first documented in 1945 by the US War Department at the end of the second world war. Colonel William Menninger voiced his concern about soldiers neglecting... their duties due to willful incompetence. They are not openly defiant, but express their aggressiveness with passive actions such as being sullen, stubborn, procrastinating and inefficient. When the first edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) was published, experts cited aggressiveness that was conveyed "with passive resistance to fulfilling a demanding routine". The development of the understanding of passive aggressive disorder continues to be updated, until the DSM-IV which was published 42 years later, This disorder is also referred to as negativistic (passive aggressive) personality disorder by Theodore Millon who is a DSM consultant. The definition of passive aggressive personality disorder in the DSM-IV seeks to maintain the key criteria of the DSM-III while enlarging the scope of the disorder [Show More]
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